tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post7660346379702030590..comments2024-03-14T05:56:44.390+00:00Comments on Edward II: The Life and Tragic Death of Alice of NorfolkKathryn Warnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-76221086722270868402019-04-20T23:30:53.086+01:002019-04-20T23:30:53.086+01:00I think now I'll appear very insensitive when ...I think now I'll appear very insensitive when I say that the most surprising and incomprehensible aspect of this story for me was not the fact that Montacute wasn't punished. Any kind of even slightly political advantage may well have overruled justice, although it is actually surprising that the assault was this well-documented. One would assume if the "incident" was to be overlooked, it would have been easier to hush it up altogether. However, what I can't help wondering is how come there were three (!) men involved in the attack. Alice must have been a mighty opponent... Emőke Kovácshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06512355557053187383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-86159288386866939632019-04-16T09:21:01.687+01:002019-04-16T09:21:01.687+01:00Sami, I have to agree. i admire Edward III in many...Sami, I have to agree. i admire Edward III in many ways but I don't like him.<br /><br />Chris, thank you so much! So glad you enjoy the blog.Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-36825031071398325572019-04-16T01:35:19.277+01:002019-04-16T01:35:19.277+01:00Hi Kathryn - I've read several of your books a...Hi Kathryn - I've read several of your books and have followed your blog for the last several years. I'm like the majority of your subscribers, i.e., we read and enjoy but hardly comment. One of the aspects of your blogs I really enjoy is the degree of personalization you impart - this was a difficult read for us although not a difficult as it was for you to research and write. Thank you for the tribute to Alice of Norfolk, she deserves to have her history retold as the men around her certainly did her no favors. The great lesson - and one that is as appropriate today as ever - is she was a victim, and regardless of her actions, certainly never deserved her fate. Thank you for bringing her back to life for us - I really look forward to your blog entries appearing in my inbox. Chris Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-75914813955257785382019-04-15T14:42:42.901+01:002019-04-15T14:42:42.901+01:00Edward III was not a nice man. He is considered a ...Edward III was not a nice man. He is considered a great king by many but he was a man to whom violence,war etc. were of great interest. If these men had conducted themselves well in the war, he naturally saw them as good guys. It is often forgotten that many a soldier in the medieval armies were outlaws, criminals and murderers who were pardoned once they signed up. Some of the best archers in Henry V army at Agincourt were know criminals and killers and they received their freedom and decent salary once they joined in.sami parkkonennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-25558574144095903762019-04-12T16:45:13.116+01:002019-04-12T16:45:13.116+01:00Exactly :( Even if Montacute couldn't legally ...Exactly :( Even if Montacute couldn't legally be punished, he could have been frozen out in some way, but it seems that Edward III almost rewarded him.Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-37890125028971480472019-04-12T16:34:43.331+01:002019-04-12T16:34:43.331+01:00So not only did the SOB get clean away with it, bu...So not only did the SOB get clean away with it, but from what you say, it sounds like the king virtually endorsed the murder. Unbelievable.<br /><br />And poor Joan. I'll bet she didn't draw one easy breath during her marriage to Montacute.Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.com